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Over the next couple of years, the finish bled through and wiped out the light line I left around the piece of oil tanned leather. But it's okay. WTF?? I think I like this better anyway.

The key to doing this is the proper spacing of your sewing holes using a punch and making sure each lock stitch is nice and tight. If the sewing is crooked, it is going to look like schitt no matter what else you do. Using a three prong punch and using the last hole you punched to index the punch for the next holes, it's hard to get it wrong. Before I start sewing the top through the welting and the bottom piece, I usually stick a couple of sewing needles through the holes in various places to keep everything indexed correctly as I sew and remove the needles as I come to them. That is a LOT OF LEATHER to be sewing through and if you don't do something to keep everything properly indexed, you can get off the pattern and then you have screwed the pooch. But don't ask me how I know.